An American flag was hung upside down from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday in protest of the Trump administration's cuts to the federal workforce , which included thousands of National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service workers .

A group of workers at California national park positioned the U.S. flag on Saturday near the Horsetail Fall , an area where crowds of nature enthusiasts and photographers typically gather to witness Yosemite's annual firefall .

The upside-down flag - or "distress flag" - is meant to also bring attention to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum 's orders that potentially open federal lands and waters to drilling and mining interests, the group of park staffers told San Francisco Chronicle , who first reported on the protest.

On the first day of his new term in office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency and pledged to "drill, baby, drill" the country's natural resources. Environment advocates like the Natural Resources Defense Council , a group that helped pass the 1972 Clean Water Act, say they're worried the Trump administration's energy and climate policies could "lead to profound harms to public lands and waters across the country."

Yosemite National Park employees who were fired also say that they worry the cuts will affect not only the welfare of wildlife but also visitors' experience.

"You'd be amazed with how many diapers I pick up off the side of the road. Beer bottles, toilet paper, all the stuff so you don't have to see. You get to see the park in its true natural beauty," Olek Chmura told the Associated Press.

Another worker, Brian Gibbs , who lost his job earlier this month penned an emotional public letter, saying he was "absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated" to lose his dream job at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa.

The firings impacted about 5% of the park service's 20,000 employees. After facing outcry, the Trump administration said it plans to restore at least 50 jobs and hire more seasonal workers, the Associated Press reported.

周六，一面美国国旗在优胜美地国家公园的埃尔卡皮坦山被倒挂，以此抗议特朗普政府对联邦工作人员的削减，其中包括数千名国家公园管理局和美国森林管理局的工作人员。

加州国家公园的一群工作人员于周六在马蹄瀑布附近竖起了美国国旗，该地区通常是自然爱好者和摄影师聚集的场所，以见证优胜美地国家公园的年度火瀑布。

公园工作人员团体向《旧金山纪事报》表示，倒挂的旗帜（或称“遇险旗帜”）意在引起内政部长道格·博格姆（Doug Burgum）命令的关注，该命令可能会使联邦土地和水域对石油钻探和采矿利益开放。该报道是《旧金山纪事报》首次报道此次抗议活动。

在特朗普总统上任的第一天，他宣布了全国能源紧急状态，并誓言要“开采，宝贝，开采”国家的自然资源。像自然资源保护委员会这样的环保倡导者，该组织曾帮助通过1972年的《清洁水法》，表示他们担心特朗普政府在能源和气候政策上可能会“对全国各地的公共土地和水域造成严重危害。”

被解雇的优胜美地国家公园（Yosemite National Park）员工表示，他们担心裁员不仅会影响野生动物的福利，还会影响游客的体验。

你一定很惊讶，我在路边捡起了多少尿布。啤酒瓶、厕纸，所有这些东西你都不用看见。你可以看到公园真正自然的美丽。

另一位工人布莱恩·吉布斯（Brian Gibbs）本月早些时候失去了工作，他写了一封饱含情感的公开信，表示他在爱达荷州埃菲吉山国家纪念碑（Effigy Mounds National Monument）失去梦想工作的心情“绝对心碎，完全崩溃”。

此次解雇影响了国家公园管理局约5%的2万名员工。据美联社报道，在面临公众抗议后，特朗普政府表示计划至少恢复50个职位，并雇佣更多季节性工人。